Example sentences of "and [adv] want " in BNC.
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| 1 | It does n't matter if you ca n't sing and only want to listen . |
| 2 | I think it 's easy to be glib about this , there are clearly an awful lot of landlords and landladies around who provide an excellent service and merely want a reasonable rent in return for offering a decent service . |
| 3 | A distant part of her mind wondered if she 'd ever be able to look at this man and not want him , but in truth she already knew the answer . |
| 4 | ‘ It will be a long time before I can look at you and not want you . |
| 5 | The rest was just food that he could look at and not want . |
| 6 | We ca n't pick go round Norwood Gardens and not want to do it . |
| 7 | she said , why ca n't you be a normal mother and just want chocolates or perfume ? |
| 8 | We have had enough and just want to move . ’ |
| 9 | They are often not very confident ( however they may appear ) and always want to impress their friends by their unpleasant exploits , so that they feel wanted and accepted by the in-crowd — just like Herod . |
| 10 | I cried over that old letter , that fragment of academe , because it said in part what I had wanted , then wanted and still want to say to you and only to you , and because it expressed in part some of the physical ache and fear and disappointment I had felt , then felt and still ( in an increased measure ) feel . |
| 11 | In relation to Question 1 ( which is discussed in the following pages ) , many trainees find it difficult to discard subjectivity entirely in goal setting and still want to set goals to do with changing ‘ attitudes ’ , ‘ relationships ’ , and ‘ perceptions ’ . |
| 12 | I hope you already have newsletter 1 and still want to be in the CCC . |
| 13 | She had never known such deliriously exquisite sensations , never known that one could feel like this and still want more . |
| 14 | ‘ I am 40 , and fervently want to be ordained , ’ said a tearful Deacon Veronica Hydon , of All Saints , Poplar , east London . |
| 15 | If more than one person is to ride the horse ( perhaps a husband and wide want to share him ) the situation is a little more complicated . |
| 16 | We worried at first that the children might be sceptical and uninterested ; but we soon found that nine year olds have already heard of atoms in garbled ways from comics and really want to know about them . |
| 17 | A marriage can do the same , provided the couple are prepared to talk things through and really want to make a go of it . |
| 18 | If you consider yourself to be in any way progressive , and really want to play your part in demolishing the old legend of natural antagonism between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law , replacing it with the hope of friendship , then this is your chance . |
| 19 | ‘ We 're looking for people with enthusiasm that see it as an exciting career and really want to do the job , ’ enthuses Mr Queen . |
| 20 | Whether you pass an exam or not and you think to yourself , well they 're not really bothered about what you do , so that means you do n't really think of it in terms of , oh well , he is really taking pride in me or her and really want me to do well , it goes beyond just teaching me , it 's something personal as well . |
| 21 | Right start from the beginning , if you 're happy and you know it and you really want to show it clap your hands , if you 're happy and you know it and really want to show stamp your feet or how ever it goes , go on then you do it . |
| 22 | I think that people have got to turn in the other direction , and really want to be because I see in schools there are |
| 23 | The flotation has been triggered by a group of US charities who were given shares by the magazine 's founders and now want to cash in their holdings . |
| 24 | We were just watching 4 What It 's Worth about all those people who go on holiday to the sunny Mediterranean , having booked a sea view , and come back with gastroenteritis from living over the dustbins and now want their money back , when Elinor came running up the garden path closely followed by Nigel . |
| 25 | These people , Miss Schlegel , invented Disneyland and now want to turn the rest of the world into a theme park , too , by bribing ancient and civilised peoples to caper and prance for thuggish tourists . |
| 26 | They took it as a snub that Down failed to field at anything approaching full strength and now want to show that they are a match for the real thing . |
| 27 | Make sure you are motivated : Many women who want home births have had unsatisfactory births in hospitals and now want to give birth in the dignity of their own home . |
| 28 | The only way for Britain to build a strong economy is to make the goods and services which people at home and abroad want to buy . |
| 29 | In that match I feel we would gain some consolationf from having 11 corners and maybe want to see the moves leading up to those … as they did nt amount to anything they may have just shown the ‘ dangerous ’ attacks . |
| 30 | Often , simply because there is so much there , a developer will demolish whole chunks of good , solid buildings and then want to build anew . |